In October of this year, sales of cars and LCV in Russia, according to the AEB, amounted to 160,425 units. This result is more by 8.2% than a year ago. In total, for 10 months, sales of cars in our country were 1 million 457.9 thousand units, which is more by 14.1% than in January - October of the last year.

Ford Mondeo sedan has received a technological upgrade aimed at the safety improving of the car and improving of the intelligent driver assistance systems. People can order updated Ford Mondeo at all official Ford dealers in Russia.

Researches

AUTOSTAT analytic agency publishes marketing researches as the automotive market is analyzed. “Automotive market. Results, trends, forecasts” is published twice a year – at the beginning of the years and as a result of the half year. Reports concerning new and used car parc, regional markets are updated with different periodicity. Subjects of the reports include localization of car production in Russia, LCV parc structure and forecasts and others.

Marketing reports are prepared with an office research method. The major information sources are data of State Customs Committee, GIBDD, as well as our own database and the information obtained from the market players directly. All data, presented in the report is clearly organized and complied in tables. Each subject is traditionally illustrated with graphs and diagrams.

Following two of the most challenging years in its history with the first loss recorded in over 70 years and a series of global recalls with far-reaching implications affecting the carmaker’s reliability aura, the world’s number one automaker is laying out plans to return to solid business fundamentals and to regain the positive customer perception it has boasted of for years. In order to trigger such changes Akio Toyoda, the company’s president, has decided to make the organisation leaner by reducing the number of directors in the company’s board (from 27 to 11) and ousting some key personnel such as former president Watanabe, who oversaw Toyota’s expansion between 2005 and 2009 and was still part of the board. Under the Global Vision plan Toyota is also delegating more power to regional subsidiaries in the attempt to streamline decision-making, by making it more local, and to gain a greater perception into each country’s problems and requirements. The Global Vision plan, aimed at shaping the Toyota of 2015 and beyond, is being translated into targeted measures for the different regions.